A Pawling man has been convicted of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the cemetery he used to run.

Robert Bauer used false invoices to steal more than $160,000 from Raymond Hill Cemetery in Carmel over a five-year-period, according to a news release from Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy.

After a jury trial, Bauer was convicted Monday of second-degree grand larceny, third-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, and two counts of first-degree falsifying business records.

"As proven at trial, from approximately mid-2010 to mid-2015, Bauer submitted invoices to the Raymond Hill Cemetery," where he was superintendent, for work he allegedly performed and materials he allegedly purchased on the cemetery’s behalf, Tendy's office said.

Bauer was "reimbursed by the cemetery based on the invoices he submitted," according to prosecutors. But Bauer did not actually perform the work or purchase the materials, and "invoices he submitted were either wholly false or grossly inflated."

And in at least one case, "Bauer submitted a forged document which he claimed was an actual invoice from a vendor in support of his claim for reimbursement," the Putnam DA's office said.

Bauer faces a maximum sentence of 5 to 15 years in state prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 21.